UniFi Dream Machine

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UniFi Dream Machine

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The new Beast can't actually handle 40x 4k cameras? It official supports that many, but the capacity calculator says actually doing that exceeds capacity. What gives, shouldn't the limit be lower?

An ARM v8.2 CPU is circa 2017 (likely Cortex-A75), a v9 CPU is from 2020 at a minimum, with the Neoverse N2 from 2025. So yeah, 8 years worth of progress, definitely possible. The UDM line was previously using chips with a Cortex-A57 from 2015, same stuff in the Nintendo Switch 1. Ubiquiti is using

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dagamer34 in r/Ubiquiti

April 30, 2026 10:23 PM

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OLED users with 0 WiFi or game streaming issues, what router are you using?

Ubiquiti / UniFi A UniFi Dream Machine Pro with a U6-IW (WiFi 6 in-wall) and U6-Pro (WiFi 6 standard access point). Had the system for about 4 years and it just keeps getting better.

DigitalStefan in r/SteamDeck

May 2, 2026 2:01 PM

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I've been running the UDM Beasts at DPC technology. Here's my review...

Clay... thanks for the reply and sorry if I get caught up in my little bubble of Ubiquiti gear/fanaticism/obsession. I'd say that testing of items such IDS and IPS throughput across devices would be helpful. For example, the UCG-Fiber is supposed to smoke the UDM Pro lineup (until the beautiful Beas

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financiallyanal in r/Ubiquiti

April 30, 2026 2:19 PM

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UDM Beast – PPPoE Performance & Hardware Offloading? Any real-world data yet?

i feel you on pppoe pain - my udm pro capped at 2gbps too. the missing hardware offloading toggle in beast screenshots is worrying. ubiquiti has a history of software pppoe crushing cpus. since you already get 5-6gbps on ucg fiber with ids/ips, i'd wait a month for real reviews from european users.

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LetterheadClassic306 in r/Ubiquiti

April 30, 2026 4:12 PM

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Thoughts on The Beast

The main thing I can see is this has two 25gig ports for you core switch connections. A LOT of places still do a route-on-a-stick setup (for simplicity or lack of knowledge) where all inter vlan traffic needs to go back to your firewall/router. On other UDM's this was a huge bottle neck especially i

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PeerReviewedCode in r/Ubiquiti

April 30, 2026 4:36 PM

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UDM Pro Max: WAN Throughput (Issue?)

If you are getting 6Gbps with a UDM Pro Max consider yourself lucky. You are the only person I’ve ever heard of getting over 4.5Gbps with real world internet data with a UDM Pro Max with everything disabled. I tried for months to get a 6Gbps connection to work with Ubiquiti support and never got clo

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PeerReviewedCode in r/Ubiquiti

April 11, 2026 12:06 PM

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Meraki Firewall Alternatives for Small Locations?

+1 for Ubiquiti. There is plenty there gear can't do, but 99% of it is plug-and-play, performant, and reliable. The orgs I work for have plenty of cash to throw around, and we're still opting to roll Unifi gear where we were previously deploying Meraki.I have Ubiquiti (UDM Pro) at home and colo, and

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amarsaudon in r/sysadmin

December 8, 2025 11:50 PM

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Can UniFi EFG make sense at this price point?

UDM Beast is interesting, but at that price I would have expected some next-generation firewall functionality. I understand that it's a wonderful world without any licensing, but there are other vendors.They offer this functionality even though they're much less powerful. It's clear that Ubiquiti de

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valemae1996 in r/Ubiquiti

May 1, 2026 7:48 AM

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Unpopular opinion: The UDM Beast isn't overkill, it's the ideal homelab router.

It’s great if you want a all in one device, I’m sure ! I’ve started to struggle with UDM-PRO performance, after getting an ISP service of 2.5GBps. So I’ve stopped using the 8 port switch completely, and I’ve moved UniFi Protect to a UNVR, moved switching to separate switch (2.5g / 10g) just to make

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LieOrdinary398 in r/Ubiquiti

May 1, 2026 10:46 AM

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Which router should I buy? Or any better suggestions

Oh got it. Yes UniFi’s network application has all of those types of features. I started with a UniFi Dream Machine and about a year ago upgraded to the UniFi cloud Gateway Fiber which I absolutely love. If you want a device with a gateway and AP all in one, Dream Router 7 is a good option. If you d

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tedatron in r/HomeNetworking

April 27, 2026 7:44 PM

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